Dancing your Way Healthy
I love dancing! its one of my favorite activities, and I am constantly looking for Portland Tango Lessons and Classes. But did you know dancing has other advantages? It has become some people’s regular prefered method of exercising. Besides just being much more entertaining, dancing allows you to take the time to learn an active skill, and also can jumpstart your social life.
The reason Obesity has gotten to be an issue in America is obvious, too high of a caloric intake with out burning it off properly. MDiTV found this report: The average adult consumes 300 more calories a day then they did 20 years ago. Currently, 20% of adults don’t get the recommended level of exercise, and teenagers are at 60%. Simply dancing three times a week, can offset the balance.
Dancing is also healthy for your social life! I was able to find a list of expected calories burnt an hour on most types of dances:
Calories danced away per hour
- Ballroom: 180-480
- Belly dancing: 180-300
- Jive/swing dance: 250-400
- Line dancing: up to 300
- Salsa: 400
from MDiTV a Medical And Health Information Network.
This means 5 hours of Salsa a week burns two thousand calories, thats a whole days worth of calories! Beyond the weight loss, dancing will improve your posture, and work parts of the leg that regularly don’t get worked (people often find muscles in their foot that they didn’t know existed before). Naturally, dancing is great for your metabolism and mental well being. There is a reason why Jazz-ercise classes are so popular!
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June 14th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
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June 28th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Yes, this article show that dancing not only for socializing but also for fitness.It burns a greater portion of you fats and calories.
June 29th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Nice site! Love the dance-your-way-to-weight-loss idea!
July 8th, 2010 at 5:39 am
The reason Obesity has gotten to be an issue in America is obvious, too high of a caloric intake with out burning it off properly.
July 18th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Dance your way to weight loss sounds more encouraging than exercising your way to weight loss. Some people just get demotivated at the thought of “exercising”. “Dancing” is a nice camouflage…
September 21st, 2010 at 1:49 am
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September 30th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Nice way to lose weight
October 21st, 2010 at 1:41 am
Nice post. Dancing may also help mental healing.Thanks.
January 15th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
dance is a good way to reduce weight as well as entertainment but a person who don’t know about dance what should he do? i know that i should join a institution but cannot afford
i have a question for all who can reply for this?